Wikipedia actually makes a distinction between fighting games and beat ‘em ups, but I am classifying them in the same category.

A fighting game is a video game in which the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent, which can be either an AI or controlled by another player.

Beat 'em up (also known as brawler) is a video game genre featuring hand-to-hand combat between the protagonist and an improbably large number of opponents.

So we are looking at both one-on-one fighters such as Street Fighter II, Mortal Combat and Tekken, and side scrolling beat 'em ups such as Double Dragon, Streets of Rage and Final Fight (plus anything else you might think should be included in this category).

Just list your top 10 below (each counts for one vote, so ranking them isn't important). No compilations please, single releases only.

In the case of title like Street Fighter II or Street Fighter IV, I will be classifying their various incarnations as one single release, so you only need to nominate once (rather than nominating the World Warrior, New Challengers, Hyper Turbo Fighting etc separately).

I know its up to individuals to decide what they think does and does not qualify in any genre, but I just thought I'd say that for me at least, the likes of Viewtiful Joe and Streets of Rage have no place here.

makes a distinction between fighting games and beat ‘em ups, but I am classifying them in the same category.

Honestly I don't think this is a good idea. There's enough good beat'em ups and fighters to have them in different categorys. In this case many amazing games are going to miss out.

Side Scrolling Beat 'Em Up's I think would be better categorised alongside 3D person Hack and Slash games, a game like Streets of Rage has much more in common with something like Devil May Cry than it does Street Fighter.

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You know it has had a rocky start, and loads of missteps, but there is a great game here, and hopefully on the 3rd December we will get more news on what is going to happen in 2017 soStreet Fighter V

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